Khanum Mustafayeva

Affiliated media: Independent journalist

Incident date: January 11, 2025

Attack type:

Ban on leaving the country

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Journalist Khanum Mustafayeva was barred from leaving Azerbaijan without explanation. Authorities at Baku airport cited a travel ban by the Ministry of Internal Affairs but gave no reasons. As Mustafayeva told Turan news agency, in recent years she has been living abroad and arrived in Azerbaijan on December 15 to spend the New Year holidays with her family. On January 11, she was going to return to Turkey, but she was not allowed on the Baku-Istanbul flight. After passing border control at the Baku airport, Mustafayeva was sent back and told that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan had imposed a ban on leaving the country.